SharePoint 2013 eDiscovery and Compliance Improvements

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration and content management. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s technology... more

The latest versions of the SharePoint Server software and SharePoint Online Microsoft-hosted service are better at managing “eDiscovery” processes for protecting potential evidence in legal cases. They also deliver other improvements for enterprise content management—processes that manage documents and other digital information inside organizations. Good content management can help organizations comply with regulations, speed approval and publishing processes, and protect sensitive information. The new SharePoint products are getting closer to providing a single hub for managing content in Microsoft products, but organizations that adopt it will still need third-party products for some tasks.

Latest Versions Focus on Compliance

SharePoint Server 2013 and the latest version of SharePoint Online deliver similar capabilities for enterprise content management and are referred to as “SharePoint 2013” in the rest of this report. Enterprise content management processes include the following:

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